This is the most recent workshop Cecilia Vicuña conducted in Caleu, a community in central Chile where she has been working since 1995.
see:
http://oysi.org/2012/05/caleu/
The workshop is part of the Oy School, (the school of listening), a floating school of wisdom created by the artist. Its principle is to listen for native forms of knowing, as way to empower indigenous children and communities. Art, music and dance are used to reconnect the elders with the children.
El taller forma parte de la Escuela Oy, (escuela del oir), una escuela flotante de sabiduría que la artista fundó en Chile, cuyo principio es oir el ser interior y el del otro a la vez, permitir que las formas de conocer de los pueblos originarios afloren sin interferencia, como una forma de empoderar a los niños y sus comunidades. El arte, la música y la danza reconectan a los ancianos y a los niños en este proceso.
